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Explores the legal relationships of enslaved people and their descendants during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spanish America. This book lays out the history of Iberian slavery, explores its role in the Spanish Indies, and shows how Africans and their descendants used the legal system as they established their place in society.

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Salazar Rey passionately presents intriguing case studies that provide insights into ongoing debates about the function and processes of Spanish law codes and slavery in the Americas. These case studies effectively narrate evidence taken from multiple church and civil courts to demonstrate the legal persona of slaves in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Province of Cartagena." - Nicole von Germeten, author of Profit and Passion: Transactional Sex in Colonial Mexico

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817320669, 978-0817320669
      ISBN10: 0817320660

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      Book Synopsis
      Explores the legal relationships of enslaved people and their descendants during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spanish America. This book lays out the history of Iberian slavery, explores its role in the Spanish Indies, and shows how Africans and their descendants used the legal system as they established their place in society.

      Trade Review
      Salazar Rey passionately presents intriguing case studies that provide insights into ongoing debates about the function and processes of Spanish law codes and slavery in the Americas. These case studies effectively narrate evidence taken from multiple church and civil courts to demonstrate the legal persona of slaves in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Province of Cartagena." - Nicole von Germeten, author of Profit and Passion: Transactional Sex in Colonial Mexico

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